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    (Landwehr) Regiment (Garde-Reserve-Infanterie (Landwehr) Regiment) was founded. In 1851 it was renamed the Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment...
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  • out of the Reichswehr's 2nd and 9th Brigades, both part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, the 4th, 5th...
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  • out of the Reichswehr's 1st and 20th Brigades, both part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, the 1st,...
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  • Infanterie-Regiment Bremen (1. Hanseatisches) Nr. 75 was an active infantry regiment in the Prussian Army (1866–1871) and the Imperial German Army (1871–1918)...
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  • out of the Reichswehr's 7th and 10th Brigades, both part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, the 16th...
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  • Kurt von Tippelskirch (category Reichswehr personnel)
    of 20 June 1918. He was accepted into the Reichswehr, serving in the 9. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment in Potsdam. On 16 March 1920, he married Elli...
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  • Regiment 1 (Königsberg).: 20f.  The division was built from the Reichswehr-era 1st Infantry Regiment, assembled largely from East Prussian personnel and adopted...
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  • Johannes Block (category Reichswehr personnel)
    formation before being retained in the Reichswehr, initially in Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 40 and then Infanterie-Regiment 120. On 1 October 1920, he was transferred...
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    the war, Kraiss was a company commander in various infantry regiments in the Reichswehr. From 1925 to 1928 he served as an instructor in an infantry...
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  • Jakob Ritter von Danner (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
    candidate in the Royal Bavarian 17th Infantry Regiment "Orff" (Königlich Bayerisches 17. Infanterie-Regiment „Orff“ [de]) in Germersheim and was commissioned...
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  • officer with the 2nd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 137 (German: 2. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 137). After an internship at the military...
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  • of the Reichswehr's 3rd, 6th, and 15th Brigades, all part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, an artillery...
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    Kurt von Schleicher (category Ministers of the Reichswehr)
    player in the Reichswehr's efforts to avoid the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, Schleicher rose to power as head of the Reichswehr's Armed Forces...
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  • Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 117 on 5 April 1919 and was soon transferred to the newly formed Reichswehr. He served initially in the Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment...
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    (German: 11. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Wehrmacht that was initially founded as a cover formation during the Reichswehr era. It was...
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  • Gerhard Glokke (category Major generals of the Reichswehr)
    to Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 46, formed by his original regiment. This was followed by a spell as adjutant to 17. Ersatz-Infanterie-Brigade and...
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  • East Prussia, by expanding the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty...
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    the Reichsheer. He was first used in the Reichswehr 13th Artillery Regiment (Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 13). With the formation of the 100,000-man...
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    with the following organisation: Infanterie-Regiment 11 (mot.) Infanterie-Regiment 53 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 14 (mot.) Kradschützen-Abteilung 54...
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  • Hellmuth Pfeifer (category Reichswehr personnel)
    Imperial Army as a first lieutenant (Oberleutnant). He joined the Reichswehr's Infantry Regiment 20 in 1919. With the 200,000-man transitional army in the spring...
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    After the war Rohr was assigned in 1920 to Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 29 of the Provisional Reichswehr. With the formation to the 100,000-man army...
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    Asian Infantry Regiment, fighting in the Boxer Rebellion in China. In 1902, after returning to Germany, he joined the Infanterie-Regiment Bremen (1. Hanseatisches)...
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  • Waldemar Henrici (category Major generals of the Reichswehr)
    corps five and a half years. He joined the 2. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 137 of the Prussian Army on 7 March 1896 and was commissioned...
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  • training battalion of the 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment (20. (Bayerischen) Infanterie-Regiment), where he was promoted to Hauptmann (captain) on April...
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    Dietrich von Choltitz (category Reichswehr personnel)
    Choltitz enrolled in the Dresden Cadet School. He joined the 8. Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Johann Georg Nr. 107 of the Royal Saxon Army as a Fähnrich...
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    der Infanterie Ritter von Epp (Chef of the 61st Infantry Regiment in Munich); Generalfeldmarschall von Mackensen (Chef of the 5th Cavalry Regiment in Stolp);...
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    1934 Order of Battle Frankfurt Infanterie Regiment I. Battalion II. Battalion III. Battalion Crossen Infanterie Regiment I. Battalion II. Battalion III...
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    Knight's Cross on 14 December 1941 as SS-Oberführer and commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland" of the SS-Division "Reich" (in 1942 "Das Reich") Oak...
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    and commander of the 98. Infanterie-Division German Cross in Gold on 4 September 1942, as Oberst in the Infanterie-Regiment 421 Clasp to the Iron Cross...
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  • the Reichswehr — which was renamed to Wehrmacht in 1935 — from 1 October 1934 with a new designation, Infantry Regiment "Kolberg" (InfanterieRegiment Kolberg)...
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